Friday I ran to San Antonio and hit up the NCAA Division III soccer championship semi-final game with my sister. Random, I know, but one of my sis's best friends ever was in town watching the tournament because his little brother was playing in the game! Unfortunately they lost, but we had a great time at the game and at dinner with my sis's friend and his family.
I miss the families of the Northeast. I'm not saying that they are better than families down here in the South, but there is a noticeable inclusive-ness that they exude. My friends and teammates back in NYC had families just like this, and while it is hard to explain, it is something that people who know, understand. Southern families are welcoming and nice, but in the Northeast you become a part of the family the second you meet. It's a special feeling and after seeing it firsthand again Friday night with our New Jersey visitors, I realized how much I miss it.
After watching some soccer and eating my weight in Mexican food, Sisterpants and I headed to a country-western bar to celebrate the birthday of her law partner. It was as honky-tonky as you can imagine and a great time. The night ended just after the gals in the group and the birthday boy rocked out the Cupid Shuffle. Pretty happening Friday night.
Saturday is when I really started kicking some ass. Sister and I knocked out 3 Christmas presents before I headed back to Austin. Along my drive home I ran a few errands and even managed to clean out my car and start some laundry before picking up one of my besties for a shopping date. To begin our date, we hit the mall. We had to park in Egypt. Seriously, every single person in the city of Austin must have been at Barton Creek Mall on Saturday afternoon. What happened to waiting until the last minute people? Oh well. We got into the mall, through the Apple store, did a lap through Victoria's Secret and Express and still managed to get out of that place in less than 30 minutes. Impressive.
From there we drove over to the Brodie Shopping area in South Austin. Along the way we decided that not only would my bestie be joining my boyfriend and me on a team for my Mama's annual gingerbread competition at her party this coming weekend, but we also decided on our house theme. I obviously cannot tell what it is, but just know that if pulled off, it will be a slam dunk win. Booyah.
OK after some Bed, Bath, and Beyond action we decided we already needed a break. So that's when we had a drink, about a million carbs in pasta and shared a Tiramisu dessert at Johnny Carinos. It was a pretty epic decision and only fueled us back up for the second half of our shopping date.
A little pick me up! Yummy.
Because the pasta was not enough calories for a day of Christmas shopping.
After doing the standard swing through Ulta for girlie goodies, we headed for the Dollar store at the recommendation of a friend. We both needed crafty stuff and Christmas stuff like wrapping paper and decorations, and apparently the Dollar store was the place to find all of that. And boy did we. I spent 25 bucks and got two bags full of stuff, 5 rolls of wrapping paper and a box of glassware. My bestie had a similar experience.
We thought we were going to end at Hobby Lobby where they were having a huge sale, but there was nothing left, so we headed to Michael's to end the date. And when we walked out of Michael's I had all but two presents on my list. (And those two are easy and cannot be purchased too far ahead of time, ahem, chocolate)
The ass kicking continued at my condo. It was a wrapping party for one! I got all the presents purchased that day wrapped and under my tree. The only two not wrapped were one that was too big and my boyfriend's that I ended up knocking out Sunday morning. Boom people, I'm done with my elf duties.
I got my wrapping skillz from my mama. Happy Christmas boyfriend!
Sunday was a little slower pace but still productive. I started with some chores, then I ran to Ellinger, TX for lunch with my man. We do this occasionally and yesterday for some reason it was extra fun. We chit-chatted about our week and weekends and enjoyed some really delicious hamburgers. More about that though in another post title "Hrusk'a Bakery: A Gas Station."
Finally yesterday evening I went to Mass at the Cathedral and cleaned out Randall's on Lake Austin Blvd.
And it is a good thing I busied myself with all these things because apparently Tony Romo reverted back to his usual ways, losing in December. Ok, Ok so I heard it wasn't Romo's fault this time, but seriously, that guy vs. December is pathetic. At least the Giants lost too I guess.
So other than the Cowboys downer I pretty much beat this weekend up. I'm looking forward to doing the same to this week. Here's to that.
xoxo Sara Marie
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